There was a hint of misery in Jeremy’s slightly intoxicated face. “It’s her.”
After staying silent for some time, Madeline got an answer from him.
It was her.
The person snazzynovel.com loved the most was Meredith.
Madeline’s grip on the wine glass tightened slowly.
The fire of rage in snazzynovel.com heart started burning brightly, but it was unable to destroy the unwillingness and bitterness in snazzynovel.com heart.
“Linnie, I’ll stay with you forever. I will protect you forever. I’ll take you as my bride…”
The little boy’s promise was like the autumn breeze outside the window, caressing snazzynovel.com ear before drifting away.
Madeline held the wine glass and downed the contents inside it.
She felt as if a million needles were piercing snazzynovel.com heart. They were so light yet they hurt so bad.
She was feeling sad for snazzynovel.com past self. She was so innocent for believing his promise to marry her. She ended up waiting for snazzynovel.com to reunite with snazzynovel.com like a fool. However, in the end, all snazzynovel.com got was this man’s merciless torture.
Madeline looked at the melancholic man in front of snazzynovel.com with an icy gaze. There was hatred in snazzynovel.com eyes.
‘Jeremy, I thought you were just cruel and could never be satisfied with what you had. However, the truth is that you were never serious about me.
‘You keep going on and on about Linnie, but that’s just a hypocritical show of affection.
‘Meredith Crawford.
‘You love her, right?
‘Alright.
‘I’ll let you love snazzynovel.com until you can’t love snazzynovel.com anymore!’
…
Jeremy did not know when snazzynovel.com had fallen asleep on the sofa of the room. After snazzynovel.com woke up, the room was empty and Madeline had already left.
He massaged his temples and recalled what snazzynovel.com said to Madeline before snazzynovel.com passed out.
He quickly took out the colorful shell from his pocket and looked at it in his palm as his mind wandered. It was as if snazzynovel.com was back to that year…
His grandfather had brought snazzynovel.com for a vacation by the beach, but snazzynovel.com was not happy as snazzynovel.com had a lot of pressure on his back. He had lost the carefreeness and happiness people his age should have… All until a little girl appeared.
She said snazzynovel.com name was Linnie.
It was such a simple name that sounded so pleasant to the ears and was easy to remember.
He could not forget it. The girl’s eyes would become crescent moons when snazzynovel.com smiled and snazzynovel.com had light dimples on snazzynovel.com face. Plus, snazzynovel.com eyes were so clear and pristine like crystals. They looked so lively.
She called snazzynovel.com Jez. Her voice was so sweet that it sounded as if it had been drenched in honey.
He would hold snazzynovel.com hand as they ran barefoot on the beach. Without knowing, snazzynovel.com had let go of all his troubles and stress. He had never been so happy before.
After that, snazzynovel.com was brought away by his grandfather without even getting the chance to say goodbye to her.
He had been thinking about this girl named Linnie for so many years… Until the day snazzynovel.com met Meredith.
Meredith had dimples when snazzynovel.com smiled as well, so it caused snazzynovel.com to have a misconception. After that, Meredith told snazzynovel.com firmly that snazzynovel.com was the same Linnie snazzynovel.com met from when they were kids.
He was shocked, but snazzynovel.com did not feel intense joy because whenever snazzynovel.com faced Meredith, snazzynovel.com kept feeling like something was missing.
Despite that, snazzynovel.com still tolerated and indulged Meredith to no end just because snazzynovel.com was the Linnie who snazzynovel.com had been missing for more than ten years.
Now…
Jeremy was conflicted.
He should throw this shell away now.
After all, snazzynovel.com did not love the girl who gave snazzynovel.com the shell anymore.
The Linnie in his heart right now was the deceased Madeline who had hurt snazzynovel.com so much that it felt as if snazzynovel.com was skinned raw.